My journey from a technical and strict discipline of forensic and composite art to fine art. I'm trying to unfurl my wings to fly into this new field but I'm still struggling to get out of my cocoon!
"To be an artist is to believe in life."
-Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Limber Linda's daughter

Thanks to Angela Elledge's encouragement, I'm posting a second sketch from my visit with my friends. This is her daughter that I was able to bribe to sit for a few minutes so I could sketch her. She's only 10 but she is very sharp. She's currently learning Japanese and Mandarin and being home schooled by Linda.

This is wonderful, Shelia! You know, it just occurred to me...I've only seen sketches of your forensic work, which are amazing considering you have to sketch, not from a model, but from someone's description. When you have an actual model, your amazing portrait drawing skills really jump off the page! Stunning!

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About Me

I was born in San Francisco but my father moved me and my mom to Japan when I was 11 months old. There he helped set up the new Army HDQRS after WWII. I stayed in Japan until I was 18 and moved back to California to attend college. I have lived in several cities in the Bay Area since then. I was a police officer for 26 years retiring as a Sergeant a few years ago. I was pretty successful as a Forensic Artist and the composite drawings I used to do to help catch crooks and other bad folks. Now that I'm retired, I am trying to catch up and access all that fun and fine art I've missed out on. After seeing all that darkness, I always look for the light in people and situations.